Christopher Pyne plays 'Mr Fix-It' on live TV

The Education Minister is asked to change a tyre on the Today Show, so he rolls up his sleeves and gets his hands dirty much to the glee of Anthony Albanese.

It was a lesson Education Minister Christopher Pyne learnt the hard way on Friday morning in a dark car park outside television studios in Sydney.

The Abbott government's self-declared "fixer" was asked to prove he was indeed the ultimate Mr Fix-It when Today host Karl Stefanovic took Mr Pyne outside and asked him to change a flat tyre for newsreader Sylvia Jeffreys.

"How good are you at fixing things?" Stefanovic asked. "What I've got prepared here for you is to put this tyre back on Sylvia's car. All you need to do is put the tyre on".

Mr Pyne quickly threw off his jacket and got to work on an assignment that can challenge any mere motoring mortal.

What about Anthony, what's he doing? Absolutely f-all!

"Where are the, ah...hang on. Where are the holes? Mr Pyne asked.

"It isn't high enough you loser. It's was a set up, look it is a set up, it was far too low! What about Anthony, what's he doing? Absolutely f-all! Where are the nuts! You know I have to go to the airport with these filthy hands now."

"Not the first time he's said that," Mr Albanese replied.

After a few more moments Mr Pyne largely completed the job.

"The end of the week and he did fix something," Stefanovic said.

Mr Pyne has pledged to reintroduce higher education reforms to the Senate after they were defeated in the Senate on Tuesday for the second time in three months.

Thanks
@cpyne for changing my tyre this morning. Are you available to fix a leaky tap later today? — Sylvia Jeffreys (@SylviaJeffreys)
March 19, 2015

Impressive work by
@cpyne this morn confirming his Mr Fixit title by changing
@SylviaJeffreys' tyre. Missing a nut, but it wasn't a problem. — Lisa Wilkinson (@Lisa_Wilkinson)
March 19, 2015